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For the first two weeks of 2019, U.S.-listed ETFs experienced asset growth of over $15 billion, adding to a near record $315 billion during 2018. The amazing, almost uninterrupted bull market in stocks from 2009 to mid-2018 helped launch hundreds of new passive strategies, but results show that handily beating an index even during up...

In 2018 the S&P 500 recorded a loss of 6.24%. But price trend dispersion was vast as usual. Capturing medium-to-long term trends is the essence of successful investing. The top 100 performing stocks posted an average gain of 16.32% for the year. While the bottom 100 performers generated an average loss of 36.25%. C and...

In examining the 10 worst performing S&P 500 stocks using Trendrating’s unique analytics, you would have been protected from 86.56% of the losses these stocks incurred by the end of the year. Click here to learn more about Momentum Analytics Click here for full report

Equity markets have been on a long positive run - a much greater than average 18 months without a correction Trendrating has recently been issuing a higher number of downgrades, raising flags about the direction of equity markets To protect from damaging negative returns, investors are advised to use Trendrating to monitor their portfolios and...

After starting the year on a promising note, Oil & Gas stocks have declined along with the price of crude, since late March. Currently with a YTD performance of -12.1%, Oil & Gas stocks are the worst performing sector in the MSCI World index which has returned 9.6%. Since late March, Trendrating users have been aware...

Almost none have beaten the market over the past 15 years Some 66 percent of large-cap active managers failed to top the S&P 500 in 2016 As BlackRock recently reported, all signs point to implementing systematic models in order to outperform.

The most hated bull market in history charges ahead. The Fed’s interest rate decision, delivered in Janet Yellen’s speech, cheered markets putting risk assets back in play….at least for now. The Nasdaq 100 briefly traded at an all-time high yesterday (Sept 22, 2016) and closed just below that level. In markets like these that are...

Early this year, we released a report on European Banks urging investors to be wary as this sector was trending negatively (see link). In that report, we highlighted five negatively rated banks with bad performance. Seven months later, having to contend with a low interest rate environment and increased regulatory scrutiny, all five banks are...

Since about August 2014, Oil prices have been heading lower. From a high of about $114, Brent Crude dropped as low as $27.9 before recovering. Below is a one-year chart for Brent Crude from Trendrating. The graph clearly shows the steep fall in crude and the recovery, post March. Trendrating currently has a positive rating...